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And Rosta scripsit: > Is there anywhere in a lojban word string where {cu} could not > be replaced by {ja'a} without change of meaning? The purpose of "ja'a" is to be contrastive. You might as well say that the adverbs "indeed" or "truly" could be injected into any English sentence whatever, without change of meaning. (The meaning of "meaning" debate arises again in shadow on the wall....) -- John Cowan jcowan@hidden.email www.ccil.org/~cowan www.reutershealth.com "If I have seen farther than others, it is because I was standing on the shoulders of giants." --Isaac Newton